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CROWDS ABOUT THE FORTS.

SCENES AND INCIDENTS OF THE DAf-ihH BAL" W
BEER STOPPED.
A. r,rt Hamilton and Fort wartiswcrth dense ero"o'
,h "a tho start and then. when tie yachts had aSaP
,sarsd in the mists, patiently awaited 'her re'u.N
Al Fort Wardsworth especially there WIS 'ho So"
osoonbIaoe ever seen such an oee"''o
ON every point of vantage there was mass Oh nu"""
ho,rs and their numbers added to hourly py over
oraed railway and horse and vehicles OF every @
.cr,,,ion throughout the afternoon inaoy ways VI
,,h,J,rg away the time reso-ted TO- inc'o
were dozens Of picniking parties ana seVerai
"oahand baseball matches wero arranged ana p@Soo
ritb rough and ready bats and balls The wnd eause
was auxiously consulted from time to time ana heiu'
oa.ses and telescopes constantly leveled al 'he
bovizon A number OF refreshment vendors haa laAcn
advantage OF the opportunity to turn an hono''
peuny For time lager drawn from the reg ho"ea
merrily but some jealousy among the s'ai-kecp
or. caused the police TO get wind OF !"
aud souad arrived and stopped the sale or an put te
nsrnnce drinks hon the rival yachts were nIsS ~
pP5eJ romng home there was intense excitement Ine
crv :. Vouuieer wins" was quickly taKen up hnu "as
known in fash by every man, woman ah ohia al
III. m nv thousands of onloOkers AS inc gun was o
On tina while soop's victorious arrival ouu' ueeP
nd growing In intensity was sent up from Tue ,
of the fleet clustered around the hishlhg pot.
md ascended like pecan OF rejoicing 10 ne w
with answerlpg cheers by the multitude on tue pn,.
When the Volunteers victory was beyond uoupl, a
r,,sh was m ade for cars and conveyahces iheIS
much discom fort from crowding ana lack ol Az
omste accommodations on the ferryboats there vas TUG
same scomfort-ihe old. old story OF over-cro"dhs
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tho Scotch yacht to get 20 windwari Of her, All tina
Volunteers boys were srprised at the Thistle going so
poorly In weather said to be favorable to beY IN wa
beat her IN his remarked OF them, swe don't
fear very much but that We can beat her In anything
At the OF the New-York Yacht Club las, nj rht
General Paine was tho hero OF the hour. He bsM an
informal reception and was the centre IT crowd OF
enthusiastic: well wshers, who again and again toasted
"Continued to tho Volunteer and hor gallant
owner"
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THE POLICE WERE ALL READY TO ACT.

AN EFFICIENT FORCE ON THE STEAMER PAIRoI.-
KEEPING VESSELS AWAY FROM THE RACERS.
The police officials who watched the from tho
decks OF the steamboat Patrol surprised, II In
deed they were trlne disappointed account of
the lack Of collisions accidents In the great
fleet OF boats. Unusual preparations had been made
To queii disturbances and lives II occasion offered
but the fy policemen the Patrol had nothing to do
except keep In their allotted positions and enjoy tho
race. The boat prominent enough M the fleet,
her whistle made great deal of noise In warning
the back from the competing yachts, but It
plain that tho captain Of an ordinary tukboat
afraid OF tho police outside of the NarrOws. In
spector Byrncs, who was In charge OF the police
the boat, looked like Ideal commodore In MS blue
uniform with gold braid. Before the Patrol started
down the BAY he had lfo boats sluBg down TO
level Of the rail behind the paddieboxcs, and they
could have launched aud manned I'm few seconds
any time during the race. Two other boats ON the
forward and the life ran on the hurricancdeck
were also ready for use at a minutes notice Two
lines Of hose connected with tho steam pumps,
ready for IL tire broke any Ut the excursion
boats Each policeman had a station assigned to him
and kept 1t faithfully Captain Smith, who
ing master, directed the movements Of the dandy"
boat and made himself hoarso by shouting the tug
boat captains.
AN INSPECTOR IN A NEW POSITION.
Inspector Williams, who went along In plain clothes,
acted a. vice commodore. President French the
only Commissioner board and he gave his advice
everybody who needed It, sergcants Firth and Strauss
Roundsmcn Gurker and McCOrcncK and Policeman
Taylor had charge OF the several boat crews. II an
accident had occurred, the police undoubtedly would
have performed effective work Probably few thou
sand persons who the felt safer and happier
because the Patrol In the neet.
THE MAIN DUTY or THE TRIM STEAMER.
Before o a. the Patrol went close to the Electra
and Inspector Byrnes Inquired what, II anything the
moi eould do In hpln he
answer came back keep q clear space for the
yachts IL possible
"win try was the Inspectors comment.
About noon, when 1t became apparent that there
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10 TO sandy Hook Lig 1tship minutes =! seconIs s
From the start to Sandy HOOK Llgnusnip '"'
Volu, teer's gain is 20 minutes 4o4 SECONDS.
The race home is easily told, Tor IL IS uevoiu VI
every aspect of race, so far behind is the lhfstie
Nothing succeeds like success Inc seean o .sao
fotll!a devote nearly all thelI attention 10 quo
Volunteer for they can't divide thcir attentions,
the Thistle is too far away to permit of that Ihey
are SO sure of victory on the Volunteer tnat tneS
take things somewhat easy ana II Is no'
gets some distance frcm the Sandy Hook Iighttshlp
ON the hOmestIetcb that she sets LARGER JiDIop-
sail. The wind is nearly abeam. She ronnns BUOY
No 10 again at 4:3G14. For the rest OF the way
home il is a run before the wind. The m In boom
is swung out TO port and the spinnaSer pool
dropped TO starboard, but there is no hurry as
PLAYED in breaking ont me enormous ,0S,s aonS at
accelerated speed. Seen lower. she LOOKS lhe q
white wedge su,mOunted by mass OF canvas o u
huge triangular sail looking like a segment
of a balloon IN the other Onward she sWeePs,
with such an escort as never yacht mao Deioro' "o
crosses the finish line at 5:2S:l64.
GREETING THE VICTOR AT THE FINISH.
II is no section of pandemonum, but pandemo-
mum ITSELF that greets her. Everything that can
make a noise does its level best. and guns
flash and bang right and left. as though some
naval isht were underway. Peerless Volunteer
Well has she won the title. With scarce as mneh
as little tug escort her the Thistle swoops down
on the finish line Beautiful she iooKs as sne
glides swiftly before the breeze win every stitcn
of canvas drawing and her splnnaker setting per-
fecly 1t is hard to understand how she got 80 iar
BEHIND The ah nsFe is not % Dhg the s Tn but the
Volunteer happens to be the faster boat. Ii IS
hard work to keep the tin'sh lice clear for me
Thistle but ii is done after much excrion and the
Thistle crosses at 5:45:52si, beaten as she was
never beaten before. But she is greeted win
abundance of noise. if there is any consolation lor
her in that. The Sco,smen ackno Wedge the salute
by cheering but they are forced and feeble cheers
No wonder, they have good cause TO feel disconso-
late. .,-., -
the race: ,-,-. ,.,., Tim.
Start Finish Eapseu limo Nv.t ~ i,"''
h. M. s. b. III IL ms n ~ =, ~
Volunteer l2:S4:5s4 52sl6h 4;53;ls 4:5Sis,
Thistle l2:33O6 5s5522 5l2A6S o;lZ'4lF
Thns the Volunteer won by 10 minutes. 23aa
seconds corrected time. The Volunteer time IN
the run from the Sandy Hook lightshlp to the
finish line was 1:46:O44 and TIE Ihist'e
I:44 373a the Thistle gaming l minute 26la Sec
onds over this part of the course.
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teer. as he casts Glance Ut the rival yacht. Gen
eral Paine and MIR. Burgess look radiant and 80 90
all the seasneu. There only one unhappy race OF
board. II Is that Of Mr.. Wylie. a SCOTSMAN ana .
Thistle man. who wanted TO sail on the inis Vie.
but much against his wish was assigned W 'n0
Volunteer az the Thste's representative. uoh+
1t was 4Ol:I5 when the Thistle ROUNDS tno su,e
ship and eases off her sheets for the run DIN :;
taking down her baby jib-topsail and repiacins ~
with a larger one. ,. have
,,n,n e., ~ a. IN "a 4 no IiQhtshlp:
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Traitement de VEntorse par I'Hau
Chaude.

Dams le PHILADELPHIA Medical Repor
ter le docteur Bunton indi1ue ce traite.
ment de la maniere suivante: Je re.
commando, dit-il, beaucoup lie traite.
ment de l'entorse par l'eau claude; JIG
ne sails pas sill est tres neuf, mais je
suis sur gull nest pas employee aussi
solvent quill merite de p3tre. III y a
|quelques annees, PEASANT devant IN
theatre, je Wis 10 regrette docteur Paul
Goddard sur les marches. II m'appela
ct me demanda ST je savais un traite.
ment des entorses graves /; puts il men
gagea a entrer pour apprerdre quelque
chose.
J'entrai, ct je Wis retoile du theatre,
une actrice etrangere, forte ct lourde
femme, qui yenait de Sc faire une en-
Torso tibia- tarsienne. Ellie souffrait
vivement, 6tait incapable de prendre
part a la repetition, ct ron craignait
gull lui fdt impossible de paraftre d la
representation du soir. M. Goddard
Jul fit placer le pied ct la cheville dams
un baquet plein dean chaude OH on
versait doucement de nouvelle eau
chaude de facon d atteindre la plus
.haute temperature possible.
LIE membre fut laiss6 Ia environ
quinze minutes !; la douleur diminua
peu d peu jusqn'a disparaftre toni a
fat. A mesure que la douleur dispa.
rut, les movements redevinrent pos
sibles, ct l'actrice put jouer lie soir sans
dificult6 ct sans douleur. Ce cas- me
frappa beaucoup ct TAI rapporte l'aDec-
dote pour ~encourager au traitement de
l'entorse par peau chaude.
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Un Gouvernement municipal de
EeEames.

La nouvelle loi municipale du Kansas
dome droit de vote aux femmes. Les
citoyens de la vile de Stockton, dans
lie comte Rocks, ont resolu de bonner
aux femmes une chance de faire une
experience supreme de leur habilet6 a
condaire les affaires publiques. Done,
lie marie, les conseillers, ETC., de cette
vile SO composant uniquement de fem
mes, ont etc clues sans opposition a ces
diverses fonetions civiques. Pendant
une aimee, la vile sera sous lie contfole
feminin, qui aura a construire un aque-
due, I'm chemin de fer, etc. Les fem
mes devront passer les contrats, voir
a ce que les entrepreneurs executent
les travaux convenablement, payer les
ouyriers ct avoir enfn la haute main
sur les affaires. Tonte la nation anne
ricaine va surveilier avec int6r8t lie re-.
sultat de cette experience sans paral-
lele dams lhistoire des temps modernes.
ST les femmes r6uississent a gouverner
la vile avantageusement, on assure
que bien d'autres localities ~snivront
pexemple des citoyens de Stockton.
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un Beau Requin.

LIE rs ayril, le steamer q. S. Grant,
appartenant d la American Fishing
Company, apres avoir mis- a l'eau ses
400 brasses de flets, Sc trouvait a en-
.Yiron 90 miles de New Years Point,
E1esaAta du comt6 de San
Mateo, Cal. Dams 10 eoir6a, on ressSaz
tit d bord une viye commotion. Cha
u SO NIT aux flets que l'on retira.
Tn instant apr6s on ramenait un
enorme requin. II ne fallut pas lnoins
de "a heures pour le meyer. C'est au
prix d'efforts lnouis que pon parvint a
le hisser d bord. &c monstre marin.
mesurait SO pieds de long. Dams sa
plus crosse largeur il await 20 pieds de
circumference. Il pesait environ TO-
600 livres. C'est le plus gros requin
qui ait jamais etc pris sur Ia cote du
Pacifque. A en- juger par ses 6nor-
mes dimensions on estime quill aurait
mango au moins six hommes pour sa-
tisfaire o app6tit.
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The Southern CultiVatOT
And Dixie Farmer.
A5fTn YEAR.

THSHE GREAT FARM, INDUSTRIAL AND
= Stock Periodical Of the South. It en-
braces in its constituency the intelligent, pro.
g~ressive and substantially successful farmers
Of this section, and as an advertising medium
for the Merchant, Manufacturer, Stoek-Raiser
aud Professional Man is absolutely unequaled.
Space judiciousiy employed in its columns is
always remunerative. By recent purchase it
now combines: The Dixie Farmer, Atlanta.
Ga. the Plantation, Montgomery, Ala. the
Rural Sun, Nashville, Tenn; the Southern
Farmers Monthly, Savannah. Ga. Southern
World, Atlanta, GA the Phoenix Agrieeultur-
list, Marietta, Ga, and unites the patrons of
these with its own large list of subscribers.
The press and people all testify to its great
merits as . medium for controlling Southern
trade. Subscription, one year i'll advance,
postage paid, $3.50. Sample copies sent free.
Advertisements, per line, 30c. We 90 to press
the 18th of each month preceding our date.
Address,
THE CULTIYATOR PUB. CO..
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I'm Plan de Vie.

Marche deux heures tous les jonrs,
doris sept heures% toutes les NUTS; couche,
tot des que tn as euvie de dormir !;
leye-toi des que tn t'eveilles travaille
des que tn es leve. Ne mauge QUA ia
faim, no bois qua ia soft, ct toujours
Ne parle que lorsqa'il le
faut; n'ecris que CO que tn peux dire.
N'oublie jamais que les autres comp
teront sur tot, ct que tn DE dois pas
compiler sur eux. N'estime l'argent nj
plus nj moins quill ne vaut c'est M
bon serviteur ct un mauvais maitre.
Pardonne d'avance a tout le monde.
pour plus de snret6 !; he m6prise pas
les hommes, ne les hais pas advantage
ct ne ris pas d'eux outre mesute,-
plains les. Songe a la mort, tous les
mathis en- revoyant la lumiere, ct tous
les soirs en- Tentrant dams rombre.
Quand tn souffriras b%eaucohp, regarde
ia douleur en- face: ellie to c~onsolera
elle-meme ct t'apprendra quelque chose.
Eforce-toi d'etre simple, de devinir
utile, de roster libre, ct attends, pour
nier Dieu, que Ton TAFT bien prouve
ea,il n'exists pas.
A. DUMAS FILLS
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Un Holnme en- Peine.

II serait bien d plaindre, notre ex-
| gouverneur James Madison Wells, sill
setait digne de retre. II est en- train
Ide collector ses complies ct les rentrees
ne Sc font pas du tout. Go miserable,
kqui ne recule devant rien, menace dun
process lie general A. s. Badger, au-
Djourd'hui chairman du comit6 execu
! tiff republican, de pEtat, en- 20 basant
| sur un contrat passe en- 1876 entire le-
| dit Badger ct lui dams les conditions
| suivantes Ii s'agisait de regler l'ac-
ton du returning board de 1876, dit
Wells. Kellogg l'envoya chereher ct
lui demanda sill n'avait pas peur de to-
mir la place de president du returning
board dams les circumstances du mo-
ment ct aussi sill savait comment await
etc le vote de lEtat. Wells r6pondit
a Kellogg quill deyait etre aussi rem
seigne que lui, ct quill await l~'intention
de compter les votes de pEtat. KEEL
logg lui fit pate douce, lui dit.qu'il adj
mirait son audace ct quill voulait lie re-
~compenser par la place de collector
des taxes pour lie quatrieme district qui
valait au moins $4,000 par an. Les
chooses resterent ainsi jusq'a ce que lie
returning board cut fait sa besogne,
PEtat fut dome a Hayes, Kellogg fut
elu senateur ct tout ALA d souhait.
Wells attendait So recompense ct yoy-
ant qu'elle ne venait pas il ALA trouver
Kellogg, qui fut tres embarrass6 ct finit
par lui dire quill lui codtait de faire de
la peine 4 Badger, qui tenait alors la
place qui await etc promise a Wells;
mails CONNIE en- la politique de ces
temps Ia il y await toujours moyen
d'arranger les chooses, l'ex-gouverneur
propose un compromis aux termes du-
quel Badger diviserait les revenus de
50 place avec Wells, Celui-ci accep
ia ct le contrat fut ecrit ct signe
par les parties. SCela n'empecha
pas Badger de garder tout &c que lui
rapportait la place, ct aujourd'hui que
Wells est vieux, pauvre ct presque
aveugle il Went reclamer sa part. Bad
ger ne yeut rien donner ct envoie pal
tire Wells, qui lui entente une action
ell reclamation de S25 900. On sat.
tend a%e curieuses revelations au cours
de ce process, ct il en- %jaillira assure
ment qnelques jets de lumiere sur les
ev6nements qui ont valu d Hayes une
presidence qui ne lui appartenait pas.
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URR DIES OPELOUsAs
UbLfE LIE SAHIEIJI
LeOnce & T.. "A. SandOz.
April l6-tf.

L'AbOmMeEmeIlE sera de $3.50 par an,
payable dSavance. GU trois piastfes dams Ia
courant de rannee.
Les Avis Sc p~aieront cinquante cents
par carr6 ponr la premiere insertion ct vingt-
eng cents par carre pour chaque insertion
s~nhs6quente. HUT iignes on moins consIi.
~tler0nt nm earr6.
Les avis qui seront envoy6s pour atre publ
81 seront ins6r8s en- Franeais et en- Anglais Is
molns quill men soft autrement ordonnel ms
qua co que Iediteur JUICE 4 propos de les dis
c0ntinuer.
Les eandiaats aux fayenrs pubiiques de-.
vront payer qHinze piastres diavanoe, s'iIs
veulent pc faire announcer.
Les neerologes, les lettres de re~mefciment.
les reciaInes, les communications d,nn genra.
personnel, etc, se paier0nt au tanx des avis.
Les articles June nature p~arsonnelle fquand
1outefols lis seront admissiblesl Sc paferont
Vingt cents Ia Iigne et dayanea.
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Langue Francaise.

Dune serie d'articles du PTopagateu
Catalogue, remarquablement ecrits Ell
signes Joseph Manmus. nous extray-
ons la conclusion qui suit:
ST dams toutes les nations civilisees,
meme, on la WI, en- Aisle, les person
mes de bonnie education ct de position
honorable Sc plaisent a parler fr~ancais,
81 lie JrancaaS est ineontestablement Ia
langue la plus repaaaue parmi les pa,rs
Il a,nsIAtelllgentes, peut-o on
atl1.Equ'il perde du terrain en- Loui-
PPsIape on il est parle depuis plus de
deux cent ans, OH l'on MA qua onser
yer &C Qui existe?
Lon ma pas besoin d'etre pousse a
cultiver l'anglais: la voix ne l'interet
ct la preston de la n6cessit6 sont plus
eficaces que toutes les exhortations.
Mails les personnes qui Yeulent vivre
de la vie dc Intelligence, sortir quel-
quefois DIES questions de vente ct d'a-
chat, de boire ct de manger, doivent
SO faire un plaisir ct un honneur de
parler la langue qui est, par excellence,
la languede la conversation, le francois.
ii y a, dit Joseph de Maistre, une
sorte de convention tactic en- vertu de
laQuelle deux p%ersonnes 6trangeres
Pune a Pautre, qui Sc ~rencontent quel-
que part, Sc parlent Francois.
Nous avons pens6 a cette refexion
naguere lorsque, voyageant avec deux
commercants, Pun Suisse, Pautre An
glais, nous les avons entendus tres SOU
vent, pressure t~onjours, parler francais.
Dependant, tous deux connaissaient
egalement bien l'allemand etlanglais:
mais ills ~laissaient ces laugues au fond
dc leur memoire ct p~arlaieRtf aRcais.
lmitons ces voyageurs sachons IAN
glais, mais parlons fapcais.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-28
Les Wins aux Etats- Unis.

lie Petit Journal a public d6ia,
NANTES reprises, des articles relatifs 8
Revolution de la viticulture. Voici
| quelques renseIgdemgHNNM1Snaen
taires qui mont rien de bien rassuraDG
Les Etats- Unis, dit lie IfouaI. sont
destines d deYenir IL pays vlnicole pal
excellence. on calcule que, d,ici a dix
ans, ie produit des wins d,Amerique
atteindra III millions de gallons (envi-
ron 5 millions de ~litres), ct que, meme,
arriyee d CO degr6, rindustrie vinicole
ameFicaine men sera encore qua raube
premiere de sa splendeur.
La partie de la California la plus IA
yorable la culture de la vigne ma pas
meme etc exploit6e jusqu'a present.
Get Etat, a lui tout seul, possede au-
tant de terres a vignes que la France
entiere, qui donnait. il y a quelques
annees d peine, des r6coltes de $780,
600 litres. Or, la California ne repre-
sente pas le quart du territoire yinicole
de PAmerque du Nord.
II y aura bientot aux Etats. Unis
trois grands centres de production. LIE
premier sera la cote du Pacifaue le
second, le plateau situ6 entire les monts
All6ghanies ct 10 Blue Ridge, u COM
pris la Yirginie ct les deux Carolines,
la George, une portion dul Kentucky
ct du Tennessee ; le troisieme sera le
Territoire Indien comprsnant une gran
de partie du Nouveau-Mexique ct de
PArizona, avec qnelaues parcelIes du
Kansas ct FArkansas.
Ajoutez le Texas, qui commence d
manchester des vell6it6s de faire du vim
a son tour.
Les vIgnes prosperent 6galement
dams le Missouri sur les pentes rive
des lacs de IOhio ct jusque dams
le voisinage de New York.
Les Etats- Unis ont commence la
RUNE de nos yignobles en- nous en-
voyant ID phylloxera. Pourvu qn'ils
ne lachevent pas acknowledgements
par la concnrrencet CaUeant consoles &
LIE Petit Journal.
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send ssnsfd III p I aU5sssaoyys=y
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
MENTION THIS PAPER.
ESTRAY

TEJWO Large Black Sows with ears almost
a torn of, and three black shoats, have
been ranging i'll and around the undersisned's
place for the past six months. The shoats
are marked with a hole in the right ear and a
split in the left. These animals are bad fence
breakers, aud the owner is requested to pay
Tor this advertisement, call and get them, or
they will be disposed of according to law in
such cases. JNO. NJ. TAYLOR.
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ADDRESS REGISTERED LETTERS 70
New Orleans National Bank.
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e guarantee OF Absolute fairness and integrity,
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A good opening for a man of energy and
small capital is offered in the sale of the Pat
emit Right for the parishes of st. Landry and
Lafayette for the manufacture and sale Of the
Wiidermutll Bed Spring, the simplest and
most perfect adjustable bed spring ever in
vented. The Right will be sold cheap and on
easy terms. Apply at this Office, or to
F. A.JUGE,
April I6-tf Opelousas. La.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-28

AYHements de la Perse.-Les jour
naux de France du 8 mai sign alent une
depsche de Constantinople qui dit que
la Perse fat de grands preparatifs mi
litaires ct c%oncentre des troupes sur les
frontiares de PAfghanistan.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-28

Quelques amis de Franklin j. Moses,
i'ex.juge ct ex-gouverneur de la Caro-
line dusSud, qui subit IN e~mprisonne-
ment de trois ans pour faux intercedent
pres du gouverneur du Massachusetts,
pour obtenir la grace du condamne.
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La M6tiaite.-La Gazette dc tau

La M6tiaite.-La Gazette dc tAlle-
nt0gRe dH Nord public une communica-
ton au snjet de la m6linite.
La feuille gouvernementale rapporte
que. a une spoque deja lointaine, des
experiences avaient etc faites a Berlin
par les SONS dune commission d'artil-
Ierie OF quill en- await recount que la
m@linite Sc d6composait sous Faction du
temps, ct que, par consequent, ellie he
pouvait servir a des usages militaires.
La Gazekssaaioute que, en- France, on
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-28

Les Princes d'Orl6anS.-Paris 20
mai.-Le Conseil d'Etat a rejete Pap
pei des princes d'Orleans. qui deman-
DAFT formulation du decret qui les ex-
pulse de larmee. Lapel du prince
Murat pour sa refrigeration dams Par.
NEE q Ste ~accueilli ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-28
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Pendant que des enfants jonaient au
base ball d Ia Nouvelle Orleans, mardi,
lie jeune Willie Harnold a ~accidentelIe-
ment frappe sol petit frare, age de
deux ans ct demi, ct lui a disloque Fe.
pine dorsale. LIE petit a etc tue sur lie